What is going to be done about spam controlling the website?

I log in today and now it is in the Male and Marriage forum, last time was only in the Broken hearts and Kissing forums. It is spreading. Soon it will cover every section of the website until the website is unusable if not stopped. Did the owner throw his forum away?

I've reported and exchanged PMs with the first spammer who sent myself and that woman in Broken hearts both nonsense PMs.

Anyone know a hacker who can hack and block the spammers accounts? Because where are the ones who run this site, why aren't they doing it? Outrageous.

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I just sent the admin two PMs in a row saying this, Your forum is being taken over by bot spam - Check in and clear it.

This is why websites need moderators, at least one that checks the forum once a week.

Guess we just sit and watch it taken over?

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correction: Is in Teenagers forum too so: 5 forums now.

CantMoveOn, I sent several PMs to admin with no response, it seems like the forum is out of control.
It is sad some sick individuals can do these things.
Hope someone will stop them. (or him).
I posted:
can someone stop the spammer who's attacking the site from several accounts?

Probably not much will be done. TBH ~ membership will drop & regulars will leave because I know I won't wade through 50 pages of spam to find a real post.

I've said it before and I'll say it again...

Make some of us regulars moderators. I know I, for one, would happily and with glee go through and delete all the BS spam, ban the spamming users, etc. But we've been asking for some kind of action for a while with nothing happening.

As much as I wish I could be more optimistic... I'm almost 100% sure that either:

A) This site will get so overrun by unchecked spammers/trolls that it will become unsuable

OR

B) One day the site will just flat out disappear permanently.

Either way, that would really be a shame considering how great this site CAN be, and how long it has been around.

i sent a contact forum report on the 9th of this month and usually, those get attention, even if not replied to whoever will look at the website and fix issues after and weird that no one has in over a month of people first reporting this. i think the owners don't care.

i would want at least 3 mods, along with the admin watching the website for issues. not every poster looks at all sections or is on all hours - all days - all week, so you need 3.

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i sent another contact forum report about advertisements, revenue and spam.

Certificate for website ends Nov. 2018.

I sent a private email to owners business email on the 14th and as of now no reply back.

Thanks for replying, Gale16, breathe123, TheEvilJester, Exeter19, and lovebroken.

From what I am seeing, it looks like my comment in true and false game is coming true. Very sad for posters who only post on this one website and enjoy here. There are four regulars who posted in a reply on here who also I think reported spam and should be considered for moderating positions if they would want it. So, not like admin needs to hunt for good people they are right here visible to help.

So, if it ends November 18. I think we can assume the website will close at that time?

I think it's only a matter of time before this website closes unfortunately. If the creator cared, they wouldn't allow weeks of spam to linger. The spam will eventually spread to the point where we won't be able to see topics, as Breathe said.

It's a good ole fashioned spam-festival on here... Usually, the spammer gets blocked within weeks but the spam never gets removed... Isn't when a certificate expires you just leave your website open to hacking until you renew it? It doesn't go away, still same as but more susceptible to hacking?????????????? Someone can confirm that, maybe?

The answer is : Nothing, hun.

It wouldn't be as noticeable if that stupid stats thing wasn't at top of the website and showing only spam posts in a row, rofl webmaster is a joke.

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I checked the spammer's accounts and one of them has over 12,600 +posts. That is a first to me that a spammer can amass that many posts and not be banned. That just doesn't happen -- especially when several report it, it different ways. I think you all should consider this is being allowed to be done on here. Posts = revenue. [MENTION=87417]smackie09[/MENTION] weren't you banned because you had a link for adverstising yourself? Don't you as an ex moderator off here find it odd that a spammer can amass so many posts?

Good gravy! That is more posts than me BY FAR and I've been posting here pretty regularly for YEARS. I think I may be the longest running member who is still regularly active here. That is saying something... and it ain't something good.

I wasn't "advertising" anything, it was my FB page. The new owner, had someone go in and kick out people, etc. Now no one is around, they just collect money from the ads. I tried to get my account reinstated but no response. I have sent emails about spam and crap and no one ever responds. It's no wonder this site is half dead.

Thanks for answering, GLYC, dollhouse, Jffs24, TheEvilJester, and smackie09.

Maybe they renew the website agreement every year and it is up for renewal this year on the month of November as lovebroken stated? Guess, come Nov. we shall see.

I think I counted well into the 30, 000 of total spam posts in over a month from several posters spamming. Crazy stuff.

[MENTION=87417]smackie09[/MENTION] why would they get rid of a normal regular posting posters account and not all these stupid spam accounts? This forum is what you'd call ass backward in how it deals with things like the forum was slow so instead of fixing the server or removing clogged up old posts and spam posts they remove active features that were not the issue. No one replied to any of my emails or reports either since I joined. Lovebroken a few posts up said she went as far as emailing a business email for the website and still no reply.

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Two of the spammers started and stopped on the same day of the 22nd. Wonder why those two stopped spamming and the other two are not?

You actually counted up to 30,000? I think I'd lose interest at...like...100. LOL! :D

Moderated sites do much better because it's a nicer environment. You have someone attending to the issues of spam, and trolls. I only come here because the other site I spend most of my time is a little quiet.

I really miss the chat box, and the casual atmosphere this site had. Now it feels like an abandoned city...wind blowing through.

^^ Hell yes, you said it right, smackie. It's like one of those tenement slums, and loveadmin is our slumlord...haha

[MENTION=71386]TheEvilJester[/MENTION] lol I just counted up most of their total spam posts on profiles. The easiest way.

[MENTION=87417]smackie09[/MENTION] I agree with you moderating keeps the site clean and trouble free and makes it welcoming to newcomers and shows respect to long time posters/members too. Recently a lot of features were removed, so whoever did that over a month ago, where are they and why are they not replying to spam reports? Peculiar to me.

[MENTION=78654]dollhouse[/MENTION] lol on "slumlord" :D

They may be being paid to spam for hits on the website as to mimic actual posts to reflect no loss in membership or posting if people read stats and do not look at the forum itself, it keeps the money at the same level and actually makes it look like the website is busier than ever.

I think "trouble-free" would be a slight exaggeration. Even with moderators actively dealing with stuff no site is ever trouble-free. But, relatively trouble-free, sure. Which this site very well could be if they'd appoint a few moderators to help the admin out.

Looks like spammers and SOME of their accounts and posts are gone along with our profile pictures - our tags- our mentions- our location to the right. Did forum reconfigure too? Looks dif to me, to you too?

Ya they just shut off the options so they don't have to have someone moderate it.

Looks all cleaned up, and changed too? We have avvies again and thanks button...woot! Ha ha... My kitty is rep'ing her mama.

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Looks all cleaned up, and changed too? We have avvies again and thanks button...woot! Ha ha... My kitty is rep'ing her mama.

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This was a surprising change, I approve. :)

Yet still some helpful features have not returned. Like, again, I was a big fan of the feature where you could hover over the title for a particular thread and see if you've posted in it before and how many times. I found that feature very helpful because often the titles of threads are so generic and there are so many that are so similar. Especially in the main advice board. I often find myself looking at a title and thinking "Did I already participate in this one or is it new to me?"

That feature is still gone. I'm not really sure what else was removed and/or added, but the site looks very different yet again.

No new password needed @CantMoveOn @TheEvilJester, same?( Re:locked thread) Unless when you post and log out, next visit you need one? What feature? The green arrow one?

I always leave the option to "remember me" checked so I don't have to log back in each time I visit. Mainly, I did that because the site used to always time me out in the middle of typing a response and that was really annoying. So I selected that option.

Today I came to the site and had been logged out, even though I always leave that option checked. I did NOT have to change my password, though. My same password was still fine.

Tried my old account again today and it works, but tried all those other days and it said my password or username was wrong and went through the 5 attempts and wouldn't log in me, and then I made the new account. Wonder if that spammer bhe??? hacked my account and Gale woman in BHs section, because she has not logged in either since? and he sent both of us repeated taunting PMs during his spamming stay. I told loveadmin my actual password I used on this account, the old one and the updated one year one and maybe they readded it on my account for me? Thank you, if so. I didn't like using the other account. I still didn't recall my email and I checked when I logged in and had an a-ha moment, didn't recall because it was one of my roomies mails ( she has a few gmails ) I will change that to the new gmail I made up for my mellyann account today, so I won't forget site email again. Phew. Other one had that 18 character p.w, was annoying to use.

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Looks like I cannot use my new gmail account for my email on this original account because the mellyann account is still active and that email is registered an account isn't deactivated. So have to wait for that one to be removed so I can add new Gmail onto this username account. I wrote down my email for this one so at least now I know it.

Glad to see you got your username back! YAY!

...Can't help but wonder why you used your roommate's e-mail for this. Didn't you have your own e-mail at the time? LOL!

It has to do with my ex-fiance I used one old yahoo with him from the start of our relationship and then when yahoo kept getting hacked and they sent spam to his work I stopped using that yahoo email and made a Gmail that I basically only used with him and two other people, all other people and things I used my service provider mail but when it came time to sign up here I didn't want to use the Gmail with him because it would hurt me to log in and read anything old or god forbid new, and I didn't want to use my service provider email - so my roomie had several gmails and I asked for one of her least used ones and she offered that one up, so I never used it again sine sign up and forgot about it.

yeet im hoping it ends soon.

Is this site still having issues? I saw a thread by Jester in Off Topics about not being able to complete a post reply. I think it looks like forum sign up has dwindled to no new members signing up because of the password restrictions. It would be better to assign a few mods over making it difficult for new members to join in order to block spammers.

I definitely appreciate the efforts to make it harder for spammers to join, but not if it also makes actual new users less likely to join. Heck, I know if I tried to join a website and was expected to create an 18 character password, I might just think "...yeeeah. No, thank you."

I don't pretend to know the solution to deter spammers yet still encourage actual new members. I'm just saying a solution that is as likely to scare off new members as it is spammers isn't really the solution.

@TheEvilJester - what did the loveadmin tell you that was wrong with your account? and why your account did it happen to?

Also - some people were asking about you in this thread: https://www.loveforum.net/showthread.php?t=104569

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@topazlight - I haven't really noticed any new members joining within few weeks of the new p.w needed.

It apparently had to do with something they were implementing as a way to deter spammers. I guess there were just unforeseen side effects, as loveadmin assured me they obviously did not mean to restrict regular users.

So I'm back. Nice to hear that they actually are at least trying some measures to solve the issues with spammers/trolls.

Why is the order of threads all messed up today and why is mine and jester's locked threads pushed to the top of the forum? My thread was on the second page my last visit. Someone was reworking the site again? It clearly is different and has number of likes or thanks a thread starting post gets on forum page now, which looks odd.

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I looked after I posted and even this thread the current last posted in did not go to the top, the two locked threads and dollhouse's apps thread are top of the page, are those three pinned?

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Okay, figured out how to fix it, it was set to thread start time, and I changed it to thread post time, and now all back to normal. But, I never changed that on my account, so was changed on own by staff??? anyhow, can fix it ourselves.

Hey all! Forum looks different and why does it have a new name? acyberlove.com -- not loveforum.net

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A lot of threads are locked up --guess that rule hasn't changed. Looks like several had accounts issues too.

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Also, it does not show you they have locked with that image anymore so you do not know until you realize you cannot post in it.

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Also, it does not show you they have locked with that image anymore so you do not know until you realize you cannot post in it.

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Seriously?! I hadn't noticed that. That is going to get REALLY annoying. Why do they keep taking away helpful features like that?

I am annoyed by the thread order STILL not working right. I have to change it manually every time I post something, arghhh.

Yeah, and I am certain a lot of visitors won't even think to do that. Or even know they have to do that. I would be willing to bet that a fair number of people will come here, see that it looks like nobody has posted anything, and just leave.

Not to mention people who aren't as regular of members as some of us. They may not even think there is any need to do that. Honestly, the new order makes no sense what-so-ever. EVERY forum I have EVER been into in my entire history of using forums defaults to showing the most recently updated threads at the top. By date of last post, not date of when it started.

Heck, if you think about it some of our most used threads are some of the games like the true and false game that were started LONG ago, yet we still actively post in it almost daily.